CONTENTS:- A novel by the Writer Literature Nobel Prize, Sinclair Lewis- Enriched by "The Significance of Sinclair Lewis" by Stuart P. Sherman- Banquet Speech (Acceptance Nobel Prize) & Biographical notes includedOur Mr. Wrenn: The Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man is a 1914 novel by Sinclair Lewis and the first to be published under his real name.Mr. Wrenn, an employee of a novelty company quits his job after inheriting a fortune from his father. He decides to go traveling.The book did not get major reviews but most of the reviews said it was a fresh first novel with a different slant. The New York Times said "This rather whimsical story is well off the usual line of fiction in its conception and especially in its leading character." and compared it to Charles Dickens. The Nation said that it was "a story of the ordinary, with an individuality which atones for a certain slowness in pace" and predicted "more telling works in the future." The American Review of Reviews said "The tired business man will find just the right antidote for weariness in 'Our Mr. Wrenn'." Boston Transcript said "A respectful consideration of the claims of plot and construction might be suggested as not out of place even when a person is making his first book 'a labor of love' as his publishers announce he is here doing."[6] Outlook said "Constructively the story is unsatisfactory, but it certainly arouses attention--and exception also."The book was reprinted after Sinclair Lewis gained popularity in later years.The Significance of Sinclair Lewis. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Excerpt from The Significance of Sinclair Lewis:...If we had applied ourselves more diligently to the search for a deliverer, we might have observed that Mr. Lewis was coming, far back in 1914, when he published Our Mr. Wrenn --as the seductive title suggests, a merrily bubbling story with a "happy ending", somewhat in the vein of H. G. Wells' s Kipps and Mr. Polly. Mr. Wrenn, age thirty-five, sales-entry clerk in the Souvenir and Art Novelty Company of New York, is described as "a meek little bachelor--a person of inconspicuous blue ready-made suits, and a small unsuccessful mustache."...

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